what is this thing for and how it work? I’m so curious about this and thought it’s a camara for looking the target.
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refueling probe
I think he means the thing under the nose. Looks like maybe a landing light
oh yeah idk then
sorry guys i forgot to mark where i asking for. just fixed it now
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Maybe used to designate a target? Like the laser designator we’ve got in-game but I don’t know just a guess.
Yeah, I think that might actually be a camera, but I dont think its accessible in game. But cant find any info on it
Only thing I found with a quick google was:
which was for the A-4M. So best guess a TV camera
Those look like antenna’s for the RWR.
There’s more on the back of the plane.
edit - actually, googling suggests antennas for an ECM system as well
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That’s for the A-4E (or another similar variant)
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On the US A-4E at the bottom it’s houses AN/ALQ-51 ECM (the pointy antenna) and AN/APR-25 RWR
On the Israeli ones I think it’s an RWR and ECM part of the Elisra system
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The Angle Rate Bombing Set(ARBS) AN/ASB-19 replaced the radar in the nose so it isn’t that.
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it is TV from what i found on DuckDuckGo. here is the website
- AN/ASB-19 | Military Wiki | Fandom
- https://standards.globalspec.com/std/791470/mil-a-85055
- AN/ASA to AN/ASK - Equipment Listing
and in your Youtube video said " Laser spot and Television tracker"
so it is TV tracker with laser guided
this is the comment in that video
for the US A-4E it is AN/ALQ-51
from what i found is
- AN/ALQ-51 S/E/F-Band Deception Jammer and Track Breaker; manufactured by Sanders; used with AN/ALQ-41; used in F-4, A-4, F-8E/J, A-3, A-5A, RA-5C, RF-101, Ryan 147F; related to QRC-377
- AN/ALQ-41 X-Band Track Breaker; manufactured by Sanders; used with AN/ALQ-51; used in A-3, RA-5C, A-5A, A-6A, EA-6B, F-14; tested in EB-57, F-101
look like it’s a jammer.
but on the Israeli A-4E, the model in game is look like TV tracker like A-4N Ayit.
Oh the Sources is from here
https://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/electronics.html#_JETDS_AN_Listings
AN/ASB-19 ARBS installation of the Skyhawk is this window on the tip of the nose
https://www.skytamer.com/1.2/2008/8217.jpg
It was on USMC A-4Ms and installed on the same location in Israeli A-4Ns
The antennas under the nose of Israeli Skyhawks pre-date the ARBS installation
Black circle looks like a RWR spiral antenna to me